{"id":452927,"date":"2022-07-12T01:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T08:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=452927"},"modified":"2022-07-12T01:35:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T08:35:03","slug":"ufc-legend-donald-cerrone-shares-advice-for-the-next-generation-of-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-legend-donald-cerrone-shares-advice-for-the-next-generation-of-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC legend Donald Cerrone shares advice for the next generation of \u201cCowboys\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Cerrone has given some advice to the next generation of fighters following his recent retirement from mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p>After falling to a submission defeat at the hands of Jim Miller earlier this month, Donald Cerrone opted to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/donald-cerrone-opens-up-on-his-decision-to-retire-following-ufc-276\/\">hang up his gloves<\/a> once and for all in the wake of seven fights without a victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cowboy&#8217; gave us some of the most memorable moments in UFC history and in addition to that, he was a fan favourite throughout most of his run with the promotion.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves behind quite the legacy and when asked about what sort of message he wants to send to the next generation, he noted how important activity is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donald Cerrone Knew He&#039;d Retire Since Before Conor McGregor Fight | UFC 276\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2Qyq8TS8jjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAll the guys I train with and I work with, I tell them to fight anybody,\u201d Cerrone said. \u201cFight, fight, fight \u2014 fight anybody. Don\u2019t pick the fights. You can\u2019t say you want to be like that, and then when it comes time to be like that, not be like that because, I grew up fighting it was just like I would just fight and fight and fight \u2014 like my management had the easiest job ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHe was just like, \u2018We got you booked next week,\u2019 That\u2019s it, like, go. Who? Don\u2019t care. Next, next next. See that with a lot of these guys now where they are trying to pick the right fight, and it even works on both sides. Maybe if you\u2019re okay with it, that other side, that camp is maybe like, \u2018Oh that\u2019s not a good fight for us\u2019 and they don\u2019t take it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous, weird sport right now. But like I tell these guys, just keep fighting your ass off man. Be a showman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Quotes via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/2022\/07\/donald-cerrone-advice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA News<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think is next for Donald Cerrone following his run in MMA?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Cerrone has given some advice to the next generation of fighters following his recent retirement from mixed martial arts. After falling to a submission defeat at the hands of Jim Miller earlier this month, Donald Cerrone opted to hang up his gloves once and for all in the wake of seven fights without a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54478,"featured_media":384925,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10134,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFC legend Donald Cerrone shares advice for the next generation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Donald Cerrone has given some advice to the next generation of fighters following his recent retirement from mixed martial arts.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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